A delivery truck from Feeding America backs into the Student Union loading dock to deliver crates of food for the food pantry. 51ΑΤΖζ began partnering with Feeding America at the start of the school year. (51ΑΤΖζ Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Pallets of supplies are unloaded from the truck. (51ΑΤΖζ Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Student services coordinator Krystal McCain helps to unload boxes of food. (51ΑΤΖζ Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Rick Thomas, director of the Student Union, gives directions to the staff and student employees and thanks them for their hard work. (51ΑΤΖζ Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Student Union employee Nicholas Wesell unloads food item from boxes brought in from the trucks. (51ΑΤΖζ Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Student Association board member Katie Malek helps to organize food to more efficiently pack the bags and ensure each has the correct number of items. (51ΑΤΖζ Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Student Association treasurer Stefan Johnathan Rudel grabs a bottle of juice for a grocery bag being packed up. (51ΑΤΖζ Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Food is organized before being packed up for distribution. (51ΑΤΖζ Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Student Union student employee Juniper Lilly Anna Beatty does a final check on the bags. (51ΑΤΖζ Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Student Union student employee Mazen Eyad Ghani retrieves a bag for a 51ΑΤΖζ student. (51ΑΤΖζ Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Mazen Eyad Ghani sets down the bag on the table outside the door so that a patron may safely take the bag from the table without any contact. (51ΑΤΖζ photo/Elora Hennessey)
As the coronavirus crisis rises, the 51ΑΤΖζ Food Center and Pantry is rising to meet the need, providing hundreds of bags of food via contactless, curbside distribution.
Distribution takes place every Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Patrons receive a bag with about one weekβs worth of food. Special bags are available for those with dietary restrictions, including nut free, gluten free, pork free, vegetarian and vegan.
In the past three weeks, the pantry has distributed more than 450 bags of groceries to members of the 51ΑΤΖζ community, including those at the Waukesha and Washington County campuses.
The food pantry has partnered with Feeding America but is greatly in need of donations, particularly monetary. Donations can be made through the 51ΑΤΖζ Foundation: Head to 51ΑΤΖζ.edu/give, click βGive Nowβ and select β51ΑΤΖζ Food Pantry.β This ensures your donation goes directly to the food pantry. The food pantry also for those wishing to help.
Check the food pantry webpage for more information, including instructions for pickup of groceries.
